Tales of Frankenstein

Tales of Frankenstein

1958 · 28 min · ★ 7.3 · Horror, Science Fiction, Drama, TV Movie

In this pilot for a series that was never picked up, Dr. Frankenstein has just finished rebuilding his creation, but the monster is unresponsive. He needs to try something different to make it work, perhaps some new parts. Enter a terminally ill sculptor and his assertive wife…

Directed by Curt Siodmak · Written by Jerome Bixby

Your Rating

Cast

Make it a double feature

1h 51m together

Tales of Frankenstein

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

Both from Curt Siodmak.

More from Curt SiodmakSee all →

Marion, That's Not NiceMarion, That's Not Nice · 1933
Marion, That's Not Nice
10.01933
MovieComedy
A young painter in the academy hires as a model the daughter of a rich soap manufacturer and has her pose for a work based on the biblical Susannah and the Elders, which almost causes a scandal.
MetropolisMetropolis · 1927
Metropolis
8.11927
MovieDramaScience Fiction
In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their differences.
13 Demon Street13 Demon Street · 1959
13 Demon Street
7.71959
SeriesCrimeDrama
13 Demon Street is a Swedish horror television series that aired between 1959 and 1960 in American syndication. Thirteen 25-minute episodes were produced. Lon Chaney Jr. was the host, introducing each episode from his 'home' at 13 Demon Street. Condemned for some shockingly atrocious crime, Chaney's purpose in relating the series' stories was to convince viewers that the crimes presented in them were worse than his, thus freeing him from his purgatory. This was hard for audiences to judge, however, because Chaney's original crime was never specified. Three episodes of the series were edited together to make a theatrical feature called The Devil's Messenger, in which Chaney's character was reconfigured as Satan himself. Chaney filmed new wraparound segments to link the chosen episodes, which were 'The Photograph', 'The Girl in the Glacier' and 'Condemned in Crystal'.
People on SundayPeople on Sunday · 1930
People on Sunday
7.21930
MovieDrama
A semi-documentary experimental 1930 German silent film created by amateurs with a small budget. With authentic scenes of the metropolis city of Berlin, it's the first film from the later famous screenwriters/directors Billy Wilder and Fred Zinnemann.
The Wolf ManThe Wolf Man · 1941
The Wolf Man
7.01941
MovieHorrorDrama
After his brother's death, Larry Talbot returns home to his father and the family estate. Events soon take a turn for the worse when Larry is bitten by a werewolf.
Ski FeverSki Fever · 1966
Ski Fever
7.01966
MovieRomance
An American student at an Austrian resort disapproves of the games of seduction played by his fellow ski instructors.
I Walked with a ZombieI Walked with a Zombie · 1943
I Walked with a Zombie
6.81943
MovieMysteryHorror
A nurse in the Caribbean turns to voodoo in hopes of curing her patient, a mindless woman whose husband she's fallen in love with.
London Blackout MurdersLondon Blackout Murders · 1943
London Blackout Murders
6.71943
MovieDramaCrime
A young girl, Mary Tillet, is forced to find a new place to live due to her London home being bombed during World War II. Her tobacconist landlord, Jack Rawling, tries to help her turn her new apartment into a home. Meanwhile the newspapers are reporting news of the "London Blackout Murders," a murder spree being committed against a ring of suspected Nazi spies, and Mary must determine if her kind landlord is an assassin.
The Beast with Five FingersThe Beast with Five Fingers · 1947
The Beast with Five Fingers
6.41947
MovieMysteryHorror
Locals in an Italian village believe evil has taken over the estate of a recently deceased pianist where murder has taken place. The alleged killer: the pianist's severed hand.
The Invisible Man ReturnsThe Invisible Man Returns · 1940
The Invisible Man Returns
6.31940
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him invisible, despite its side effect: gradual madness.
Donovan's BrainDonovan's Brain · 1953
Donovan's Brain
6.21953
MovieScience FictionHorror
A scientist takes the brain of dead man and revives it via electrodes as it lays suspended in a tank of liquid. Soon, the brain grows to possess enormous psychic powers and inflicts its personality upon the doctor who saved it, creating a "Jekyll and Hyde" paradigm.
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf ManFrankenstein Meets the Wolf Man · 1943
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
6.21943
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
After being resurrected by grave robbers, Larry Talbot searches for Dr. Frankenstein in the hopes of being cured of his lycanthropy. The mad scientist may turn out to be dead, but his monster is just waiting to be found…
Hey, Jeannie!Hey, Jeannie! · 1956
Hey, Jeannie!
6.21956
SeriesComedy
Hey, Jeannie! is an American situation comedy starring Jeannie Carson as a young Scottish woman living in New York City. Twenty-six episodes aired on CBS from September 8, 1956 to May 4, 1957 in the Saturday slot following The Gale Storm Show and preceding the western series Gunsmoke. Six additional episodes aired in 1958 in syndication. Reruns of Hey, Jeannie! aired during the summer of 1960 under the title The Jeannie Carson Show.
Earth vs. the Flying SaucersEarth vs. the Flying Saucers · 1956
Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
6.11956
MovieActionScience Fiction
Test space rockets exploding at liftoff and increased reporting of UFO sightings culminate in a direct attempt by alien survivors of a dead, extra-galactic civilization to invade Earth from impervious flying saucers, using ray-weapons of mass destruction.
House of FrankensteinHouse of Frankenstein · 1944
House of Frankenstein
6.11944
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
Deranged scientist, Gustav Niemann, escapes from prison and overtakes the director of a traveling chamber of horrors, soon reviving the infamous Count Dracula, the frozen Frankenstein Monster, and the Wolf Man.
Shady LadyShady Lady · 1945
Shady Lady
6.01945
MovieComedyCrime
A crook becomes the victim of a crafty card player who works for the District Attorney.

More Like This

Mystery MenMystery Men · 1999
Mystery Men
5.91999
MovieAdventureFantasy
When Champion City's hero Captain Amazing is kidnapped by the recently paroled supervillain Casanova Frankenstein, a trio of average, everyday superheroes -- Mr. Furious, the Shoveler and the Blue Raja -- assemble a new super team to save him.
The Spirit of the BeehiveThe Spirit of the Beehive · 1973
The Spirit of the Beehive
7.71973
MovieDramaFantasy
In 1940, in the immediate aftermath of the Spanish Civil War, a young girl living on the Castilian plain is haunted after attending a screening of James Whale's 1931 film Frankenstein and hearing from her sister that the monster is not dead, instead existing as a spirit inhabiting a nearby barn.
Frankenstein Created WomanFrankenstein Created Woman · 1967
Frankenstein Created Woman
6.41967
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
A deformed tormented girl drowns herself after her lover is framed for murder and guillotined. Baron Frankenstein, experimenting with the transfer of souls, places the boy's soul into her body, bringing Christina back to life. Driven by revenge, she carries out a violent retribution on those responsible for both deaths.
The Horror of FrankensteinThe Horror of Frankenstein · 1970
The Horror of Frankenstein
5.91970
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
Brilliant but arrogant scientist Victor Frankenstein builds a man from spare body parts, only for the monster to come alive and wreak havoc.
Frankenstein Conquers the WorldFrankenstein Conquers the World · 1965
Frankenstein Conquers the World
6.71965
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
During WWII, Germans obtain the immortal heart of Frankenstein's monster and transport it to Japan to prevent it being seized by the Allies. Kept in a Hiroshima laboratory, it is seeming lost when the United States destroys the city with the atomic bomb. Years later a wild boy is discovered wandering the streets of the city alone, born of the immortal heart.
Frankenstein and the Monster from HellFrankenstein and the Monster from Hell · 1974
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
6.11974
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man whose work he had been trying to emulate before his imprisonment. Frankenstein utilises Helder's medical knowledge for a project he has been working on for some time. He is assembling a man from vital organs extracted from various inmates in the asylum. And the Baron will resort to murder to acquire the perfect specimens for his most ambitious project ever.
Lady FrankensteinLady Frankenstein · 1971
Lady Frankenstein
5.61971
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
When Dr. Frankenstein is killed by a monster he created, his daughter and his lab assistant continue his experiments.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter